[20yearvet]

He drew his .40-caliber duty weapon and removed the magazine, according to the police report. Then he pulled back the slide and asked someone in the audience to look inside the gun and confirm it wasn't loaded, the report said.

1st thing wrong, He did not check himself to make sure it was unloaded.
2nd thing wrong, He took someones word that the gun was empty.
3ed thing wrong, He did not keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.

If you do not pull the slide far enough back it may not eject the round. Asking someone in a class (a class of people who do not know what they are looking for) is dumb. You always check it yourself, even if the other person has just check it. even after you KNOW its empty you still treat it like its loaded.

[dbwz]

1st thing wrong, He did not check himself to make sure it was unloaded.
2nd thing wrong, He took someones word that the gun was empty.
3ed thing wrong, He did not keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.

If you do not pull the slide far enough back it may not eject the round.

I have a feeling that he may have pulled the slide back just far enough for a quick chamber check, which is not enough to eject the cartridge, or for an inexperienced eye to see if there's anything there.

Safety should be a ritual, not a habit.